The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy in Close Relationships: Rejection Sensitivity and Rejection by Romantic Partners

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 545-560

  Downey, Geraldine ^a   Freitas, Antonio L ^b   Michaelis, Benjamin ^b   Khouri, Hala ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; CONFLICT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0032134988     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.75.2.545     Document Type: Article

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